by Barbara Safani | Nov 25, 2006 | resume
Over on the Simply Hired Blog, there is a post about the value of candidate portfolios and I couldn’t agree more. Lately I have been working on an assignment consulting with a number of career transition clients in creative fields including art directors, photo...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 19, 2006 | networking
Sometimes it’s awkward to reconnect with contacts who you haven’t spoken to in a long time. The holiday season is a natural time to reach out to your network and extend your best wishes for the New Year. Holiday cards provide a natural “touch point” or...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 12, 2006 | interviews
This week I am participating in George Blomgren’s tough situations blog. Here’s this week’s situation…After several months of fruitless job hunting following graduation, Sarah finally finds herself interviewing for the company that she really...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 10, 2006 | career management
No, that’s not a typo…Let me elaborate. I just returned from the Kennedy Recruiting Conference and a key message I heard in several of the presentations was that recruiters are better off spending the bulk of their time sourcing passive job seekers for...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 7, 2006 | career research
Catalyst, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing women in the workplace, presents annual awards to companies it believes have done an outstanding job of providing opportunities for development and advancement to its women employees.The winners for 2006...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 4, 2006 | career management
This week I am participating in the Jibber Jobber Blog Carnival. Career experts, recruiters, and job seekers are sharing their insights into the following scenario. You just lost your job and you haven’t stayed in touch with your network. What can you do in the...
by Barbara Safani | Oct 30, 2006 | interviews
In honor of Halloween, I thought I’d write a post about being something you’re not during interviews. Many job seekers think they will interview well if they can respond to interview questions with what they think the interviewer wants to hear. They prep...
by Barbara Safani | Oct 28, 2006 | networking
I recently returned from the Career Directors International Career Conference where I gave a presentation on the power of on-line business and social networking tools. C.M. Russell, founder of the Secrets of the Job Search blog, interviewed me following the...
by Barbara Safani | Oct 25, 2006 | networking
Today a client told me that he was uncomfortable networking and that where he came from it just wasn’t done. As I probed further I discovered that my client believed that networking was about asking for a favor and this bothered him. But networking is not about...
by Barbara Safani | Oct 22, 2006 | salary negotiation
A client of mine just negotiated a compensation package with a new employer that is 45% above his previous compensation. He did this despite the fact that the salary range he was seeking was well over the designated salary range for the position. How was he able to...
